Ctenochares bicolorus explained
Ctenochares bicolorus is a wasp in the family Ichneumonidae. Originally from Africa, this species has spread and is considered invasive in many other parts of the world.[1] [2] It is a pupal parasitoid of Chrysodeixis chalcites.[3]
Notes and References
- Fitton . M.G. . Gauld . I.D. . Roberts . Lin . Walker . A.K. . 1983 . An African ichneumonid (Hymenoptera) in Australasia . Bulletin of Entomological Research . 73 . 3 . 465-468 . 10.1017/S0007485300009081 . 26 September 2020.
- Verheyde . Fons . 2019 . First records of the ichneumonid Ctenochares bicolorus in Belgium and the Netherlands (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) . Nederlandse Faunistische Mededelingen . 53 . 43-47 . 26 September 2020.
- del Pino . Modesto . Cabello . Tomás . Hernández-Suárez . Estrella . Biological Control Options for the Golden Twin-Spot Moth, Chrysodeixis chalcites (Esper) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Banana Crops of the Canary Islands . Insects . June 2022 . 13 . 6 . 516 . 10.3390/insects13060516 . 35735853 . en . 2075-4450. free .